Table 1.
Fall Assessment Correlations and Descriptive Statistics for Complete Sample (standard deviations in parentheses)
| Fall DVAR | Fall Vocabulary W score | Fall Reading Comprehension (RC) W score | Fall Language DS score | Fall Non-word DS score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall DVAR% | −.424*** | −.423*** | −.294*** | −.142*** | |
| Fall Vocabulary SS | .538*** | .360*** | .138*** | ||
| Fall RC SS | .358*** | .200*** | |||
| Fall Language DS | .313*** | ||||
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| Fall Means (SD) | 20.83% (24.19) | 486.75 (11.97) | 479.78 (13.74) | 625.44 (79.61) | 572.69 (79.61) |
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| Mean Fall and Spring |
Spring 17.49% (21.63) |
Fall SS 99.49 (11.92) |
Fall SS 99.81 (11.41) |
Fall SS 103.00 (25.63) |
Fall SS 100.03 (15.15) |
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Spring 101.43 (10.97) |
Spring 99.20 (11.40) |
Spring 100.31 (14.50) |
Spring 100.11 (14.90) |
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Demographics of the Sample by School
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| School | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
| % FARL | 4.3% | 16.5% | 31.5% | 35.0% | 63.5% | 72.3% | 82.3% | 89.2% |
| % African American | 7% | 14% | 35% | 44% | 72% | 75% | 78% | 97% |
| % White | 79% | 63% | 59% | 44% | 16% | 13% | 0% | 0% |
| % Other including Hispanic, Asian, and Multiracial | 14% | 23% | 6% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 22% | 3% |
Note.
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p < .001;
Vocabulary = WJ3 Picture Vocabulary; RC = WJ3 Passage Comprehension; DS = Developmental Scale Score. SS = Standard Score